The first season of the italian talent show Italia's Got Talent began with a pilot episode, produced by Fascino PGT in collaboration with FremantleMedia Italia. This show was recorded on 2 December 2009 at the Auditorium Massimo in Rome and aired on Saturday 12 December 2009 on Canale 5. This episode brought in an audience share of 26% and over 5 million viewers.
Given the great success received by the pilot episode, the show was then broadcast for another six episodes, every Monday from 12 April to 17 May 2010. The show was presented by Simone Annicchiarico and Geppi Cucciari. The judging panel for this season consisted of Rudy Zerbi, Maria De Filippi, and Gerry Scotti. This arrangement of judges would stay the same for the show until Season 5.
The first three audition episodes were recorded and broadcast from the Auditorium Massimo in Rome, while the semi-finals were broadcast from Theatre 5 in Cinecittà, also in Rome. The final saw opera singer Carmen Masola win the overall prize of €100,000. The singer-songwriters Federico Fattinger and Demis Facchinetti came respectively in second and third place.
Semifinals After the first round of auditions, 36 semi-finalists were selected and divided into 6 groups of 6 contestants. During the two semi-finals, for each group, televoting established a ranking of appreciation that allowed access to the final to only two contestants: the first place and the judges' choice between the second and third place.
Semi-final summary Buzzed out | Judges' vote |
Semi-final 1 (May 3, 2010) Semi-FinalistOrderBuzzes and Judges' VoteResult Little Angel Villella 1 Christian Roberto 2 Federico Fattinger 3 Denis 4 Anonymous Calabrese 5 Notes of sand 6 Group 2 The Unlikely 1 Aldo Nicolini 2 Angel of Guard 3 Emanuela Suanno 4 Lorenzo Motta 5 Alfredo Marasco 6 Group 3 Andrea Brothers 1 Carmen Masola 2 Chico 3 Giovanna Minunni 4 Casadei-Colli 5 The Queens 6
Semi-final 2 (May 10, 2010) Semi-FinalistOrderBuzzes and Judges' VoteResult Alfredo and Jessica Sbarra 1 Demis Facchinetti 2 Loil Awards 3 Flying Truzzi 4 Mario Rodo 5 Rutt and Panzer 6 Group 2Easter Lucky 1 Daniel Lequaglia 2 Mr. Anthony 3 Maurizio Tassani 4 Christian Esposito 5 Miss Lolita 6 Group 3Dangerous Game 1 / Nathalie Zeolla 2 Michael Baldassarre 3 Once upon a time 4 Manzella Quartet 5 Angela Troina 6
Final (May 17, 2010) FinalistOrderBuzzes and Judges' PredictionsResult Flying Truzzi 1 Federico Fattinger 2 2nd Place Aldo Nicolini 3 Notes of sand 4 Alfredo Marasco 5 Top 6 Miss Lolita 6 Top 6 Christian Esposito 7 The Queens 8 Top 6 Once upon a time 9 Carmen Masola 10 Dangerous Game 11 Demis Facchinetti 12
Ratings Show Date Viewers Share Pilot 12 December 5,300,000Ascolti Tv di sabato 12 dicembre 2009: Italia's got Talent esordisce col botto con 5 milioni 300mila e il 26,62%. Record stagionale per Affari Tuoi 26.62% Auditions 1 12 April 5,976,000Ascolti Tv di lunedì 12 aprile 2010: boom di ascolti per Italia's got Talent che esordisce con 5 mln 976mila e il 27,42%, Capri 3 chiude a 5 mln 989mila (21,35%) 27.42% Auditions 2 19 April 5,382,000 24.50% Auditions 3 26 April 5,318,000 24.60% Semi-final 1 3 May 5,365,000 26.63% Semi-final 2 10 May 5,197,000 26.40% Final 17 May 5,879,000Auditel di lunedì 17 maggio: Italia’s Got Talent, con il 27,22% di share, si aggiudica la prima serata 27.22% Average 5,489,000 26.20%
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